DOJ has created four 8-hour curricula for training police officers on responding to and investigating potential hate crimes. DOJ has trained a group of professionals in every State to present these courses.>>Call the U.S. Department of Justice Response Center at 1-800-421-6770.

IACP's Responding to Hate Crimes: A Police Officer's Guide to Investigation and Prevention

The International Association of Chiefs of Police guide contains two separate training tools: (1) a 12-page booklet covering major components of an effective response to and investigation of hate crimes, and (2) a smaller detachable pocket guide designed to be placed under a visor, in an officer's pocket, or on a clipboard.>>Call the IACP at 1-800-THE-IACP or click here